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Thunderbird Mine

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Mercury, Manganese, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046362
MRDS ID M241499
Record type Site
Current site name Thunderbird Mine
Alternate or previous names Peralta Mine
Related records 10283704

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.01212, 33.82313 (WGS84)
Elevation 619
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.3 MILES SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF GUNSIGHT HILL, Estimate Based On Location Given By Usbm Mils

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New River SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 003E 36;35 NW (36); E2 OF E2 (35) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER ORE TENDS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RED LIMONITE; GOLD WITH YELLOW LIMONITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOME SPOTS RUN 20% MNO2 (ADMR FILE DATA)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Yavapai Schist
    Rock description Yavapai Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.01212, 33.82313
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 35-40 E Structure, Including Dike Intrusion At Same Strike. N 20 E Shearing Described In Admr File

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES
    Strike NE
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 609.6M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO DETAILED GEOLOGIC MAP. MINE IS IN PRECAMBRIAN ROCK WITH NE FOLIATION. TERTIARY NE TRENDING PIKES AND FRACTURES ARE FOUND ABOUT 8 MILES NE OF MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cave Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Coleman, John D.
    First year 1961

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 117.35M

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE RECENT WORK (1961) WAS BY OPEN CUTS UP TO 10 FEET DEEP; OLDER WORK WAS BY A GROUP OF SHAFTS FOLLOWING THE TREND OF THE VEIN; DEEPEST SHAFT IS THE PERALTA (385 FEET); OTHER SHAFTS RUN 65,100,135, AND 65 FEET DEEP

Comments on development

  • PORTION OF THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS PERALTA FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF OWEN ADAMS (1957)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN 5-6 FEET WIDE, BULGING TO 10 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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